Anyway enough about that I had a question from Pauline yesterday asking about whether I mount all my un-mounted stamps. The short answer to that is yes I do but it got me thinking that perhaps I ought to explain the way that I do it as there are so many un-mounted stamps out there.
Sometimes when you buy 'cling' stamps (with the mounting foam already attatched) they have got the design on the 'cling' side of the stamp which I really like as you can then see that you are stamping it the right way up which is especially handy when you are stamping words!
Now unfortunately I don't have any pictures to explain what I am going to say so you will need to read this carefully!! (I have in the past shown how to do this on one of our Create and Craft programmes so some of you might know what I am talking about!)
- First of all peel the protective covering from the cling side of your mounting foam.
- Ink up your un-mounted stamp sheet with a dark colour StazOn inkpad. (I normally use black.) Carefully pick up the sheet, turn it over and place it onto the cling side of your mounting foam lining up 2 edges of the stamp sheet with 2 edges of the mounting foam.
- Using a large acrylic block, press firmly all over the stamp sheet to transfer the ink onto the mounting foam.
- Peel the stamp sheet away from the foam and clean the stamp sheet.
- Next turn the mounting foam over (turning it sideways as opposed from top to bottom) and remember which 2 sides you used to line up the stamp sheet with - for instance I normally tend to line my stamp sheet up with the bottom edge and left edge. Once the mounting foam has been turned over these 2 edges then become the bottom edge and right edge.
- Peel back a little of the protective covering from the bottom edge of the sticky side of the mounting foam and place your stamp sheet carefully into position lining up those same 2 edges.
- Once in place, peel away the rest of the protective covering and press all over the stamp sheet to ensure it is nicely stuck.
- Cut out around your stamps as normal and then store on an EZ mount storage panel or whatever you prefer.
- You now have all your stamps mounted with a handy reference guide on the cling side - you probably won't be spot on with your stamped images on the cling side in relation to the actual stamps themselves but at least you will know which image you are stamping and that it is the right way up!
I hope this helps!! I normally tend to use EZ Mount as my mounting foam as this is great quality along with the EZ Mount storage panels which can both be purchased from The Stamp Man.
5 comments:
Afternoon Kay.
I have to admit I tried being thrifty and not mounting my stamps, just gluing them on to the acyrlic block with a glue stick, but it was messy and I had to stamp onto sonething soft to get a good print so they are all mounted properly now although in a box rather than stored neatly as you do, I can still do better!!!!!
As to Dancing on Ice, I have to admit I only catch the results after Wild At Heart. I am a Strictly girl and never really got into the ice dancing, although I love it at the end of the series when they fly!!! Fantastic.
Hope your weekend is going well.
Lisax
So pleased to have found a Dancing on ice fan I think it is the best reality celebrity tv there is or has been, I Love it (Loving haley and gary so far) enjoy
love chrisxx
Thanks for the tips on mounting stamps.
Hi Kay
You probably didn't see us but Vicky, Julie and I were in the crowd at Dancing on Ice yesterday. It was brilliant, it was sooo much better than watching on TV, now I really want to go and see the tour.
Sarah
Hi Kay,
Thanks for such a detailed response to my Q. And for the tip of using an acrylic block to tap on the back of the die sheet. I have quite a few die sheets that I need to mount. Like Lisa I have in the past been using a glue stick or that glue that you leave to dry until it's tacky and then you can store on laminated sheets. But of course you don't have the image on the back.
Me thinks I'll be acquiring more EZ-Mount and boards in the future.
Caught a little bit of Dancing on Ice. What I saw I enjoyed, but had other things to do, so didn't see it all.
Hugs, Pauline x
Hi guys. It is so nice to know that there are other Dancing On Ice fans out there!! I'm already counting down the days until Sunday again!
Purplicious - you are soooooooo lucky to have actually been there watching it all happening before your very eyes!! I am suitably envious!
Chris - I couldn't believe it when Hayley and Dan took a tumble!! She looked really shaken up and I thought she was really brave to carry on the way she did!
Lisa - you don't know what you are missing!! This is so much more exciting than Strictly!
Pauline - glad you liked the detailed response. I must admit that it does take a bit of time doing it this way but I wouldn't mount my stamps any other way now! Plus I found (in the past) when I didn't mount all my stamps I was then reluctant to use the un-mounted ones because of having to get the glue out and then clean up afterwards!!
Kay xx
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